Police put out descriptions in attack on rocker

This image released by The Calling shows bandaged lead singer Alex Band of the group The Calling in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Band was abducted, beaten and robbed after performing at a Michigan festival, the band said Monday. was attacked outside a store in Lapeer early Sunday, the group told The Associated Press. The Calling had performed Saturday night at a festival in the city of 8,800, about 45 miles north of Detroit. In its statement, The Calling said Band was visiting a mini-market after the show when "Alex was grabbed by his shirt and hit from behind." (AP Photo/Chuck Kim)

LAPEER, Mich. (AP) — Michigan police have put out partial descriptions of three male suspects in the abduction, beating and robbery of the lead singer of rock group The Calling after a performance at a festival.

The group says Alex Band was attacked outside a convenience store early Sunday in Lapeer, 45 miles north of Detroit.

The group says Band had a spinal fracture, three broken teeth and needed 15 stiches in his chin. It released a photo of him in bandages.

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The Los Angeles-based group had the 2001 hit “Wherever You Will Go.”

Police say one suspect is white and about 30 with a scruffy beard and was wearing a camouflage baseball cap. Another is white and about 6-foot-4 inches. Police say a third was driving the van and had a darker complexion.